harmony wrote:I was not born in the LDS church, but I was born in the 50's. I grew up with June Cleaver as a role model (for housekeeping, she wore a nice dress, perfect hair, and high heels and nylons). My mom encouraged me to study Office Administration in college because being a secretary was all she'd ever wanted to be. (nevermind that I wasn't at all good at it.) My dad was the head of our home. Everything we were doing stopped when he walked in the door at night no matter what it was or how important it was, and we immediately sat down to dinner.
That's the way it was. That's not the way it is now, in the vast majority of homes in this country, because of the bravery of many many women who were fed up with June Cleaver. However, the LDS church, once again, is lagging, seriously lagging, behind the rest of society. They're holding fast to June Cleaver and the 50's. Hopefully... and I cling to this hope every day... hopefully a new generation of leaders will bring the LDS church into the 21st century... soon.
I'm not holding my breath after hearing Julie Beck's talk in conference. That was offensive. I feel so bad for all the fabulous women of the church who internalized her words and compared their reality with the antiquated vision of female perfection Beck promoted. I know that there had to be many men who listened and compared their wives to the vision of female perfection Beck painted and probably wondered why their wives seem to struggle to do all that stuff that should be so easy if god is telling women to do it. I think I just threw up in my mouth a little.
Sister Mary Lisa wrote:I'm not holding my breath after hearing Julie Beck's talk in conference. That was offensive. I feel so bad for all the fabulous women of the church who internalized her words and compared their reality with the antiquated vision of female perfection Beck promoted. I know that there had to be many men who listened and compared their wives to the vision of female perfection Beck painted and probably wondered why their wives seem to struggle to do all that stuff that should be so easy if god is telling women to do it. I think I just threw up in my mouth a little.
It is an uphill battle for sure. I was so angry after that talk, yet so many of my ward friends never thought about it at all. No big deal to them.
Some days, I feel so isolated.
(Nevo, Jan 23) And the Melchizedek Priesthood may not have been restored until the summer of 1830, several months after the organization of the Church.
harmony wrote:I was not born in the LDS church, but I was born in the 50's. ... However, the LDS church, once again, is lagging, seriously lagging, behind the rest of society. They're holding fast to June Cleaver and the 50's. Hopefully... and I cling to this hope every day... hopefully a new generation of leaders will bring the LDS church into the 21st century... soon.
That new generation wasn't born yet. The LDS church will reach the 21st century a little after the rest of society leave it.
This is the unavoidable result of a gerontocracy. It was the the system of the Communist Party of China : "the 80-year-olds are calling meetings of 70-year-olds to decide which 60-year-olds should retire". This would be a joke if it never happened.
- Whenever a poet or preacher, chief or wizard spouts gibberish, the human race spends centuries deciphering the message. - Umberto Eco - To assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as erroneous as to claim that Jesus was not born of a virgin. - Cardinal Bellarmine at the trial of Galilei
Sister Mary Lisa wrote:I'm not holding my breath after hearing Julie Beck's talk in conference. That was offensive. I feel so bad for all the fabulous women of the church who internalized her words and compared their reality with the antiquated vision of female perfection Beck promoted. I know that there had to be many men who listened and compared their wives to the vision of female perfection Beck painted and probably wondered why their wives seem to struggle to do all that stuff that should be so easy if god is telling women to do it. I think I just threw up in my mouth a little.
It is an uphill battle for sure. I was so angry after that talk, yet so many of my ward friends never thought about it at all. No big deal to them.
I've followed this thread with great interest, content to lurk until this morning.
Certainly, I couldn't add anything to this conversation that hasn't already been eloquently stated by SML, so I just wanted to say how thrilled I am to see her posting here!
KimberlyAnn wrote:I've followed this thread with great interest, content to lurk until this morning.
Certainly, I couldn't add anything to this conversation that hasn't already been eloquently stated by SML, so I just wanted to say how thrilled I am to see her posting here!